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Hey Bob , you have a house for sale next door to ya ? I see a drill press and a blasting cabinet I could borrow

May be a few more tools I could use I cant see



Spray

Originally posted by SprayTech
Hey Bob , you have a house for sale next door to ya ? I see a drill press and a blasting cabinet I could borrow

May be a few more tools I could use I cant see



Spray

DW you'd be welcome anytime, that'd make two Kansans on the culde'sac.

And if ya look next to the drill press there's a 12" compound mitre saw..............................the perfect tool for dialing in your drive shaft angle! (note to newbies, look at his gallery)

I know you want my drive shaft for that sweet 36

I'll call it my " Beuferd Pusser "
Or Drive softley and carry a BiG stick HotRod .

Building beside the Monte is my toy room. It's small, but it keeps the weather at bay.

Well you guys have wonderful luxurious garages. Still, I "feel rich" on a modest retirement with a three year old home and a separate 12'x24' frame garage which was recently electrified with 220 v for a welder and lots of lights and sockets, but it is unheated. I guess I will try two or more of those oil-filled electrical heaters for the Dec-Feb days I need to work on my roadster construction. The garage is separated from the house by about 20' of open lawn but quite snug in spite of no insulation and maybe one or two of those heaters will allow me to work without getting pneumonia. I paid attention to several of your comments about potential fires/explosions with petrochemicals in a closed garage. My humble garage is tiny compared to yours but you have given me the idea to get a heater now that my Model-A chassis is done (coil springs installed yesterday) and the rebuilt SBC shortblock is on the stand waiting for heads and intake. I think the electrical work will be tedious and may require a long time so I cannot afford to lose three months of work. Well I have learned a lot from your garage designs and just thinking about this has led me to a possible solution. Originally I thought I would just putter around and take my time assembling the roadster, but the more I put together the more I want to finish it so if I can get in a few days work in the winter months without freezing it will keep my enthusiasm going!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

We moved in back in July.

Though we recieved "occupancy", as usual there were / are a lot of odds & ends to complete the project. After we moved in, we took about a 6 week rest to try and regain our sanity.

The residence and showroom are done. Of course the cars are parked for the duration of the winter. Just now getting started on the "Shop". Since the entire lower space was gutted, we are starting with getting the walls & ceiling painted. Then we'll concentrate on lighting and electric.

It's a long winter here in frigid Wisconsin, so I'll have plenty to keep me busy.

The HGTV "shoot" is tentatively scheduled for spring. Hoping to have the shop done by then.

Unfortunately, anything car related has been on hold for the duration of this, though I did make a few cruise nights when I threatened to go beserk during the project.

Trying to post some pictures!

ohekk,

Long time no hear, glad your project is moving forward was wondering about it the other day. Can't wait to see the pictures!

Have a great winter

Pat

Originally posted by Bob Parmenter
But ya know? The crate and the boxes hit the recycling tomorrow, so, with a little effort we could put Brent's Fiat in front of the central vac real easy!!!

Holy BREAK PADS Bob!! What happened to that spacious garage ya had a couple of years ago???!! Didn't ya have around 1500 sqft. in it?

Looks like ya need to build UP or go under ground or go back to renting more space. Hey, better yet, bring the '36 down here and I'll take gooooood care of it for you......

I hope to be starting a new shop/garage/father quarters here pretty soon so I'll have more than enuf room! I'm still trying to convince Brent that it would be better to store the Cobra here at my place but now he's got that new home in Duval with a 3 car garage so he has more than enuf room, well that depends if my daughter ever starts to liquidate her piles junk, ooops I mean antiques out of it.

I just saw this thread pop up again when Tom(ohekk) replied to a post and I got an email 'bout it, cool to see it keep on going.

Larry M.

Originally posted by Larry M
...What happened to that spacious garage ya had a couple of years ago???!! ...

They're never big enough Larry! The '50 convertible was just in there for the weekend, and the Cobra went to a new home on Sept 1, so it's a little better now. Although the freed up bay is full of parts for the Dodge right now getting ready to load up and head to Vegas next week. A boy's work is never done!

Originally posted by ohekk
We moved in back in July.
Trying to post some pictures!

Great news Tom, glad you are on the home strech with your enormous undertaking! Looking for some updated pics, ya did get that new digital camera didn't you?

Larry M.

Originally posted by Bob Parmenter
Although the freed up bay is full of parts for the Dodge right now getting ready to load up and head to Vegas next week. A boy's work is never done!

I hear ya 'bout never enough room. Have fun at the SEMA show, I always wanted to go to that, well, maybe next year.

Larry M.

Tom asked me to help him get a few photos of his house/shop project posted for everyone to see, so here goes...

Dave Brisco

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That place will be sweet!!! Why is there a Mopar there and not a stude? heh. I still remember how he said that it was going to be on the show on TV and everytime I go by a home show thing I always wonder when it will be on. One day I was watching the same show he want's his on and I thought it was his because they were inside and showed all the windows and downstairs and looked similar to that but then saw the rest and it wasn't his. I think about that place everytime I go by the channels (which is everyday looking for car shows) because I wan't to see the whole place. Ever since I saw your plans on that place that made me wish I would be able to have something like that one day. That is probably the coolest house I have ever seen.... I have seen some houses too like Oprah's homes on VH1 show, etc and even though those things are huge on that show this one beats them all. Good luck with it man. Send some more pics of the inside if you can or have time. I really wan't to see them.